Illustration: At a neighborhood recreation hall, a beginner has accidentally tangled a kendama string around their wrist. Two nearby participants turn toward the beginner with openly contemptuous expressions.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

嘲あざける

azakeru

to ridicule, to jeer at

Example sentences

彼かれは私わたしの計画けいかくを嘲あざけった。
He ridiculed my plan.
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失敗しっぱいした人ひとを嘲あざけるのはよくない。
It’s wrong to make fun of someone who has failed.
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彼女かのじょは嘲あざけるように笑わらった。
She laughed mockingly.
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Kanji in 嘲

嘲ridicule; insultOnチョウ・トウKunあざける

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